( 450 ) 



14. Macropygia nigrirostris Salvad. 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 126. 



<??, Upper Aroa River, 3. xii. 04, 5. i. 05. (Nos. B 84, 136.) 

 <?, Head of Aroa River, 26. v. 05. (No. A 224n.) 



15. Reinwardtoena reinwardtsi griseotincta Hart. 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 1'27. 



2 c?(?, 1 ?, Aroa River, 29. xii. 04, 12. xi. 05. (Nos. B 69, 219.) 



1 ?, Owgarra, Angabnnga River, 28. xii. 04. (No. A 1940.) 



16. Geopelia tranquilla Gould. 



GeqpeUa tnmquiUa Gould, P.Z.S. 1844. p. 56 (Australia) ; Salvadori, Orn. Pap iii p 154 (Hall- 

 Bay). r r v 



c? ?, Upper Aroa River, 20. i. 05. (Nos. B 177, 178.) "Iris bluish white; 

 feet pale flesh-eolonr spotted with brownish purple ; bill slaty bine." 



Possibly there is a larger and a smaller race in Australia, in which case our 

 birds would be the small form {G. platida of Gould). Oar two examples show 

 a very light, almost pure white throat, while Australian specimens have a grey 

 throat, If this character should be constant, the Papuan form would have to 

 be separated. 



17. Phlegoeuas beccarii (Salvad.). 

 Cf. Nov. Zool 1001. p. 131. 



2 cJc?, 3 ? ?, Avera, Aroa River, May, June 1903. (Nos. A 533 541 554 

 504, 585.) 



2 c?<?, 1 ?, Owgarra, Angabunga River, January, February 1905, 6000— 

 8000 ft, (Nos. A 2068, 2107, 2025.) 



2W, Head of Aroa River, May 1905, 4000—6000 ft. (Nos. A 2231, 2232.) 

 " Iris brown ; feet dark purplish red ; bill black." 



18. Phlegoenas rufigula rufigula Bp. 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 131. 



The new material from British New Guinea convinces us that it would be 

 rash and not profitable to separate these birds from rufigula, the apparently 

 smaller extent of the grey band on the sides of the occiput being mostly due to 

 preparation, while, on the oilier hand. /'. r. helviventris from the Aru Islands, 

 which has no such grey band at all, is a very well marked subspecies. 



3 <$<$, 1 ?, Avera, Aroa River, January — March 1903. (Nos. A 158, 315, 

 356, 358.) 



1 ?, Upper Aroa River, 3. xii. 04. (No. B 83.) 



"Iris pinkish brown; feel purple; bill purplish with slate tips." 



19. Trugon terrestris leucopareia (Meyer). 



Cf. Nov. Zool. 19U1. p. 132. 



2 ? ?, Upper Aroa River, 29. xi., 3. xii, 04. (Nos. B 68, 86.) 



